On 9th November 2020, Dr Deen Sharp is to speak at a panel discussion on the themes explored at the Transient Spaces book publication presented by Jefferson College of Architecture and the Built Environment’s 2020 Fall Virtual Lecture […]
These research seminars are interdisciplinary discussions around contemporary debates in the humanistic social sciences of climate change and the environment. Events take multiple formats, including standard seminar format as well as more engaged discussions of relevant readings […]
Dr Austin Zeiderman recently appeared on ‘Between, Across, and Through’, an academic podcast by the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies at the University of Toronto. Listen to Austin discussing his trip aboard a shipping […]
At this year’s AAG (American Association of Geographers) annual meeting, many members of the Cities Research Cluster are presenting their work and actively taking part as organisers, chairs, discussants and panelists. The annual meeting will take place […]
Urban Salon seminar Learning from China and Questioning China Exceptionalism: An interdisciplinary debate The next Urban Salon seminar is going to take place at the LSE as a half-day workshop to provide a space for […]
Event Summary Inclusionary approaches to urban planning: lessons in poverty reduction from South Africa (Speaker: Professor Sue Parnell, University of Cape Town) Summarised by Dr Gareth A. Jones Academics rarely have much that is positive […]
Events Summary Planetary Urbanisation: Towards A New Epistemology of the Urban by Professor Ian Gordon The new series of Cities Space and Development seminars got off to a high- flying start, with Christian Schmid’s presentation on ‘planetary urbanisation’ and […]